++ Hosted comments without ads or tracking + ... read more +
++I reject big tech's monopoly on moderation. +
+ ++In these strange times during 2021 I have found myself longing for an Internet controlled by the people and not powered by a global dragnet on the common person (often mislabelled as advertisement). These "Advertisements" are superhuman stimuli which track and follow all humans. I consider these sorts of "Advertisements" as digital stalking (an outlawed mentally and emotionally abusive action). +
+ ++Big Tech nudges YOU for attention and nudges YOU spend. Big tech uses computers track, profile (preferences, tolerances, sex, geo-location, race, political affiliation, and much more) to explore and exploit you, your family, your friends... everyone. We must demand updates to our laws to prevent big tech from hiding behind their terms of service and corparate protections while claiming it is legal to cyberstalk all humans. +
+ ++Get yourself out of the loop! We are all absolutely addicted to this stuff. These psychic manipulations work on unconscious of all animals, no one is immune. +
+ ++The future doesn't have to be doom and gloom. We can build a better way. We may not compete with their datacenters or balance sheets but perhaps we don't need to. +
+ ++We must keep the conversation going and we must not shutdown speech. We must not be afraid to talk otherwise we will loose our ability to find compromise and a healthly path forward. +
+ ++Starting today, Remarkbox is free. +
+ ++If this resonates with you follow this two-minute guided setup to use the software anywhere that supports HTML (web pages, static blogs). +
+ ++We already have our own platforms, it's about time we start using them! +
+ ++Most of the ground work has already been laid out. Let's roll up our sleeves and build! +
+ ++If you have ideas, software, or tech which could be operationalized to help build a new social cloud, please reach out to me, I would like to hear from you. +
+ ++https://russell.ballestrini.net/contact/ +
+ ++I leave you with this: be good to one another, use your speech to move people positively and follow the virtuous path, stay civil and moderate your own online discourse. +
+ ++Those who control the narrative, control history, and future. Let us not stand idle during these times. We must not allow the powerful to have a monopoly on the moderation of speech. +
+ ++Regardless of the labels and stereotypes tossed my way (even by friends), I choose freedom and I choose to speak, I hope you do too. +
+ ++Please be civil in the comments box below. It will be moderated (or locked if things go completely off the rails). After all, I have that power and so do you. +
+ +